> On Feb 20, 2015, at 11:50 AM, Dave Taht <dave.t...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The homenet working group has been laboring for several years now to > find ways to make ipv6 more deployable to home (and presumably small > business) users. > > In addition to multiple specification documents some code has been > produced to try and make things easier. At least in the USA, comcast > has rolled out IPv6 to everyone that can get dhcpv6 to sort of work on > their router, and/or is willing to install a custom firmware on their > router to get that, and of course tunneling ipv6 is possible if the > ISP does not support it. > > So a quick poll: > > 0) Have you managed to get ipv6 working at all? If so, how? What sort > of problems did you encounter? > Works fine at both my Cambridge home and my Mountain View Condo. In both cases I’m using Airport Extremes as the home router. In one case it’s a DOCSIS 3.0 modem from Comcast, with the Airports doing PD. In the other case it’s behind a pair of Ubiquity radios homed on a Linux router in turn connected to Comcast business service with PD.
> 1) Have you attempted to deploy a routing protocol in your home? Which > one, and why? > I run OSPF at home in Cambridge, mostly to route in a controlled way among some VLANs I use for isolation purposes. There are trunk VLANs running from the main switch to an access switch in my home office. > 2) Have you attempted to get hnetd's prefix distribution system > working? (it supports linux mainline and openwrt presently) > No. The Airport Extreme IPv6 with PD has been adequate for my needs. > 3) Do you use ethernet? How many clients in your home are ethernet connected? > Yes. Total count excluding 802.11 clients is probably 10-12. 4 macs, a NAS, AppleTV, two Tivos, Sonos bridge, 2 printers. > 4) Do you use wifi? Yes, extensively - In Cambrige to get coverage I have a WiFi AP in each of the 3 floors (Airport Extreme + 2 Airport express. > How many clients are wifi connected? additional 5-7 > Do you use > range extenders? > No, each of the AP’s is wired with Cat5 to a big Cisco Cat3600 switch/router. > 5) How many devices do you think you will have connected to the > network in your home in 5 years? How many now? > In five years, probably at least 50, maybe more if I decide to use WiFi light bulbs and window/door sensors and other random stuff. > 6) Do you use any other network connected technologies (homeplug, > 802.14, LTE, etc). If so, which ones, and why? Not at present. All 802.11AC and N. > > 7) Do you use mdns service discovery? > Yes, extensively. > 8) Why are you here? (especially, if your answers to 0-2, are "no”) Because bridging sucks, and IPv6 allows us to have aminimal-touch routing solution that “just works”. > > > -- > Dave Täht > > http://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/bloat/wiki/Upcoming_Talks > > _______________________________________________ > homenet mailing list > homenet@ietf.org > https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet _______________________________________________ homenet mailing list homenet@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/homenet
